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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.

And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 03/09/2026

Takes less than 90 seconds, and it’s the best thing you’ll do today if you’re a Canadian.

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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 30/06/2026

The Ford government just deleted every long-term care inspection report from before 2023 from their website, obfuscating a vital public record, especially from the devastating pandemic era. But we have 10,000 of those reports, and we're making them publicly available. thelocal.to/long-term-ca...

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The Ford Government Just Deleted Thousands of Long-Term Care Reports. Here They Are. | The Local

The provincial government has eliminated access to long-term care home inspection reports from before 2023. We have over 10,000 of those reports, and are restoring access to the public.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 08/04/2026

Floor-crossing is a byproduct of a system where a handful of seats can turn a disproportionate minority into a majority. Proportional representation removes that shortcut. When power requires genuine cooperation, the focus shifts from poaching MPs to building consensus.

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Vincent Lore [Coffee] @vincentlore.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

i don't know what the hell to do. Everything i could do seems entirely pointless now. How can I write, read, promote my shit, right now? I wish I could do more. I wish I could do anything.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The (defunct?) Canadian band Portico has an excellent song about the Battle of Duck Lake! open.spotify.com/track/2QUTdp...

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First Neighbours

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Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Happy Day The Ring Was Destroyed, everyone. Here's hoping all dark lords fall from their towers today to mark the occasion.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 19/03/2026

it’s incredibly blackpilling to me that it takes rising gas prices and rising gas prices alone to have people turn against the war in iran, and not the american government murdering thousands of children and civilians in iran. americans are incredibly selfish

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It wasn't "cancel culture" when women and people of color got used up, silenced, and dismissed before their careers even began. It only became "cancel culture" when powerful abusers started having established careers momentarily inconvenienced by revelations of what they'd done.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Today in unexpected covers, I urge you, reader, to check out the a capella version of "Teardrop" by O'Hooley and Tidow. Some really lovely dissonance in there.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Completely by happenstance, I attended the book launch for The Iron Garden Sutra by @thesuiway.bsky.social at Bakka Phoenix books today, and it was lovely. So I posted about it! You should give this book a shot if you get the chance. booksandtea.ca/2026/02/book...

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Book Launch: The Iron Garden Sutra by A.D. Sui - Books and Tea

Today, we attended the book launch for The Iron Garden Sutra by A.D. Sui. If you're a fan of locked-room mysteries with an existentialist streak, this book may be up your alley.

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✨Zelly✨ @hazelcakes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

the jump from “trans people can’t have a driver’s license,” to “unmarried women can’t have a driver’s license,” is a secret nighttime vote away fight with us now, or fight with far less backup later

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance. And you know why? Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/02/2026

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.

Screenshot of an X post by Omar Jimenez (@OmarJim…, 7h) stating that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says he doesn’t have the names of the agents who shot Alex Pretti, adding: “I’ve been a lawyer for 36 years. I’ve never seen anything like this before.” Below is a CNN video thumbnail showing a split screen: on the left, an older man in a black cap and glasses labeled “Brown | Business Owner,” and on the right, Keith Ellison in a suit. A CNN “LIVE” bug appears in the corner.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"Design is only as humane as the business model allows and affords." - Erika Hall This is something I've been thinking a lot about in my own work - whether what I'm doing is actually a net positive to the world. Sure, I'm not making bombs, but I'm still part of an extractive machine.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Erika Hall's three myths of good design. Myth 1: A "good" experience doesn't necessarily mean good for the USER. Technology is often like junk food - these systems are designed to be as appealing and delightful as possible, but hides the messy entanglements under the surface. #Throughline

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I'm attending the Throughlines design conference, and it's lovely to hear the organizers open by talking about how the struggles of dealing with fascism and our current political climate. I'll be posting about Throughlines periodically through the day, so feel free to mute if it's not your bag.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I just made a donation to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund to help affected families in Minneapolis. There's nothing I can say here that others haven't already said (far more urgently and eloquently!), but at least I can do this.

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

All of these right wing twitter dipshits are screaming about insurgency are ideologically incapable of understanding that they're not fighting guerillas who move through the people like fish through the sea, they're fighting the fucking sea Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 26/01/2026

I think there’s a difference worth pointing out between a person you know changing their mind (welcome) & a pundit feeling the wind shift on their spit-slicked finger as they declare it’s now correct to call something fascist (fuck off into the sun). One of them will never fight alongside you.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Good morning from Occupied Minnesota. First step, take kid to bus. Bus will drive by route of multiple arrests and beatings from federal troops. Second step, pay fourth quarter freelancer taxes to feds so they can steal it and use it to fund the occupiers while taking a slice for Trump kids.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/01/2026

I KNEW IT. I knew that was gonna make him identifiable. Well done, Secretary Noem, you doxxed Jonathan Ross.

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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Guess I'll post this again

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'm still slowly, diligently making my way through Middlemarch and would like to announce that my opinions have changed and that while Fred is an idiot, he at least has a good heart. It's *Rosamond* who is the real problem here. She's the wooooooorst.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, but: I FINALLY BEAT CHRONOS FUCK YEAH. The funny thing is that I beat Typhon twice yesterday; it's possible to face-tank him if you have enough hp. In contrast, Chronos' attack patterns are much more fiddly, especially in phase 2. #Hades2

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

If you are a fan of #DeepSpaceNine and a certain Plain And Simple Tailor, I have some good news: "A Stitch in Time" is on sale for $1.99 on Kobo. It's Garak's memoir, written by the actor himself, based on his own notes to flesh out his character's background. I just bought a copy. #DS9

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Kevin Church (Spooky Remix) @beaucoupkevin.com · 26/09/2025

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I'm about to start playing #Hades2 in a few minutes. Fuuuuuuck yeah, mama needs her dopamine.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 18/09/2025

If you haven’t signed this please sign it. You need to verify your signature with an email address, but email aliases work just fine. Also every petition has an RSS feed. Please repost to spread the word. The lying is out of control. We have to stop it.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

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Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

A threat to authoritarianism anywhere is a threat to authoritarianism everywhere

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

My copy of Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings came in at the bookstore today, and holy shamoly, this book cover is even more stunning in person.

The front cover of Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings.

It features a woman in a white shirt with live insects crawling all over it, and vines snaking out of her collar. Her face is obscured by flowers so that only her lips and jawline are visible, and a bird sits among the flowers so that its head is in the same place that her eye would be.

The entire image looks like a painting rather than a photograph.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Life hack: 1. Walk past a picket line on your way to work 2. Call out to them, say that your husband is *also* part of a union, and tell them to keep on going 3. Listen to a responding chorus of cheers Holy fuck, what a HUGE endorphin rush!

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't. Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 05/09/2025

what a terrible time to be sentient

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

My MS office 365 subscription is coming up for renewal, so here's a friendly reminder: you can switch from the new (more expensive) AI-laden version of Office! Log in to your account, go to the Cancel section, and there you can switch to the "Classic" version of the product and pay the old price.

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Maybe if every single shot in your movie is a VFX shot then you just have to accept it's going to be really expensive.

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Ariella Elema 🍁 @ariellaelema.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We’re supposed to believe that our computer server deserves human rights, but our restaurant server does not. What a time to be (actually) alive.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Only a few days left to take this questionnaire and write in your own answers to let this Liberal government know that you don't actually want them to be a conservative government.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Hey @premeemohamed.com, I saw your book pop up in the wild on Reddit!

A screenshot from r/fantasybooks asking for help finding a lost book. The description of plot and cover reveal it to be The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

A user on the subreddit successfully identifies the book for the original poster.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Yesterday I was feeling mopey about being a workaday drone and commuting and not being on vacation anymore, so I wrote about it. Please indulge me so I don't feel like I'm howling into the void. booksandtea.ca/2025/08/thin...

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Things I Miss - Books and Tea

Coming back home after travelling is always an adjustment, and today it's hitting me hard.

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Christina Vasilevski @cvasilevski.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This is absolutely delightful! Lookit those little guys just hanging out in those cubby holes. Science at its best.

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